Citation vs. Reference

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Citationnoun

An official summons or notice given to a person to appear.

Citationnoun

The paper containing such summons or notice.

Citationnoun

The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his/her own words.

Citationnoun

An entry in a list of source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.

Citationnoun

The passage or words quoted; quotation.

Citationnoun

Enumeration; mention.

Citationnoun

A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.

Citationnoun

A commendation in recognition of some achievement, or a formal statement of an achievement.

Citationnoun

An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.

Citationnoun

The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his own words; also, the passage or words quoted; quotation.

Citationnoun

Enumeration; mention; as, a citation of facts.

Citationnoun

A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.

Citationnoun

an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement

Citationnoun

(law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)

Citationnoun

a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage;

Citationnoun

a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

Citationnoun

a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding

Citationnoun

thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948

Citation

A citation is a reference to a source. More precisely, a citation is an abbreviated alphanumeric expression embedded in the body of an intellectual work that denotes an entry in the bibliographic references section of the work for the purpose of acknowledging the relevance of the works of others to the topic of discussion at the spot where the citation appears.

Referencenoun

A relationship or relation (to something).

Referencenoun

A measurement one can compare to.

Referencenoun

Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.

Referencenoun

A person who provides this information; a referee.

Referencenoun

A reference work.

Referencenoun

(semantics) A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.

Referencenoun

(academic writing) A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.

Referencenoun

(academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.

Referencenoun

(programming) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.

Referencenoun

A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as ™ for the ™ symbol.

Referencenoun

(obsolete) Appeal.

Referenceverb

To provide a list of references for (a text).

Referenceverb

To refer to, to use as a reference.

Referenceverb

To mention, to cite.

Referenceverb

(programming) To contain the value that is a memory address of some value stored in memory.

Referencenoun

The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.

Referencenoun

That which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a text-book.

Referencenoun

Relation; regard; respect.

Referencenoun

One who, or that which, is referred to.

Referencenoun

The act of submitting a matter in dispute to the judgment of one or more persons for decision.

Referencenoun

Appeal.

Referencenoun

a remark that calls attention to something or someone;

Referencenoun

a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage;

Referencenoun

an indicator that orients you generally;

Referencenoun

a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts;

Referencenoun

a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability;

Referencenoun

the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to;

Referencenoun

the act of referring or consulting;

Referencenoun

a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to;

Referencenoun

the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to;

Referenceverb

refer to;

Reference

Reference is a relationship between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object. The first object in this relation is said to refer to the second object.

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